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Authenticity Quotes
"No one want to be an imitation of another."
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"Most people play someone else's role or wear mask of other people because they don't think about what they are created for."
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"Once you show someone your true colors it is impossible to paint over them."
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"When we are authentic, when we act out of presence and awareness, it also gives nourishment to the inner being of people around us."
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"Never make an excuse for being yourself, no one's going to do it better."
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"I think if human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Wouldn't life be more interesting that way? And now that I think about it, why the heck don't they? Who made the rule that everybody has to dress like sheep 364 days of the year? Think of all the people you'd meet if they were in costume every day. People would be so much easier to talk to - like talking to dogs."
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"Don't be afraid to be authentic, show up in the world as you truly are.Be as you mean to be, but be light with it. Love it, give it, share it, laugh at it, walk everywhere with it.Be in the world but not OF it."
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"Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy."
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"Being passive is not the same as being peaceful. If you aren't doing what you know, in your heart, you want to do, you are NOT going with the flow. You are going against the flow. Your reactions, emotions, desires, and talents are all part of the flow of life. Ignoring them is passive resistance. Let yourself go."
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"Don't ever be afraid to show who you really are, because as long as you are happy with yourself, no one else's opinion matters."
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"Let them know a real man who lives as he was meant to live."
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"Let's quit trying so hard to be some version of a normal we've never really been."
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"It takes courage to become authentic. So many talk about the light but not enough speak the truth about the struggles it takes to get there and the tools to overcome it all."
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"How different would people act if they couldn't show off on social media? Would they still do it?"
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"Truth speaks for itself if we'd just let it speak."
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"I don't mind nothing happening in a book, but nothing happening in a phony way--characters saying things people never say, doing jobs that don't fit, the whole works--is simply asking too much of a reader. Something happening in a phony way must beat nothing happening in a phony way every time, right? I mean, you could prove that, mathematically, in an equation, and you can't often apply science to literature."
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"Who are you not to be yourself?"
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"Don't count on cheerleaders once you start living a life more reflective of your truth. They may not want to do somersaults and backflips for your awakening, not when they're still asleep. Don't let that stop you. Most of us have only been trained to cheer for conformity, to commend those who are just like us. But aren't you bored of being congratulated for fitting in? Aren't you tired of ignoring your heart's requests?Don't wait for cheerleaders. Be grateful if they show up, but you show up regardless, with or without them.You will never be defined by the reception you get from others, only by the truth with which you receive yourself. Be your biggest cheerleader. Love yourself. And applaud every single step you take toward truth."
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"We are never truly ourselves as we are mid-roll."
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"Well, it all comes to this, there's no use trying to live in other people's opinions. The only thing to do is to live in our own."
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"There is something original in every one of us."
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"When I meet someone who is truly genuine, I am drawn to their personality and find them easier to approach, engage, and interact with. They have no hint of false pretense, nor do I worry about hidden agendas."
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"I want people who write to crash or dive below the surface, where life is so cold and confusing and hard to see.Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth."
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"To be "great" is an ego goal; to be real is existential."
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"When I work, I'm just translating the world around me in what seems to be straightforward terms. For my readers, this is sometimes a vision that's not familiar. But I'm not trying to manipulate reality. This is just what I see and hear."
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"It's way too easy to see the real face of a person. They're amiable and full of pretense when they want something from you, but the minute you don't give in, back away or put yourself first (like they do) is the minute they show you who they really are."
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"I've found that trying to be like everyone else, do what others do and follow others 'guaranteed path' to 'so-called success' never really works for me. I have found my best strategy is to authentically be me, listen within and follow it....and then to treat and connect with others - wherever I can - personally, personably and individually."
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"Don't be afraid. You are never really alone. Just be yourself. You don't ever have to pretend you are someone else. If you try to do that, then you don't have anything to give the world. Accept and give your gifts with love."
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"A bard's down-to-earth love: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red and when she walks, treads on the ground..."
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"When we overemphasise miracles, we compromise the gospel we were asked to preach."
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"All those clean, fresh starts had made me forget what it was like, until now, to be messy and honest and out of control. To be real."
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"Nothing could be more wrong than the old cliche that says any religion will do just as long as one is sincere. In no other area of life is there so much error, deception, and charlatanism as in religion."
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"But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it's no go if your personality isn't worth translating."
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"We all have this perfect little image of who we want to be, but it is unnecessary. Throw the image away. You're already you just be the best version of yourself."
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"The authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows what he should not do, and, in addition, he will balk at doing it. He will refuse to do it, even if this brings down dread consequences to him and to those whom he loves. This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. Their deeds may be small, and almost always unnoticed, unmarked by history. Their names are not remembered, nor did these authentic humans expect their names to be remembered. I see their authenticity in an odd way: not in their willingness to perform great heroic deeds but in their quiet refusals. In essence, they cannot be compelled to be what they are not."
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"It is important to live authentically who you are, to show yourself to your date as the bond between you builds."
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"Originality is the death of mediocrity."
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"Appearances can be deceiving, but the true colours of your soul remain."
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"The closer you come to your authentic self, the simpler everything becomes. Listen to your intuition. It will tell you who you are."
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"You weren't born to be a product of societal and peer pressures. However, you have to first understand that your presence on earth matters, because your life has a very unique purpose. Therefore, be comfortable with parading your true positive self, accompanied with an undying faith in God's guidance and protection."
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"Today is the perfect day to do something daring. Like just be yourself, for instance."
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"The most important thing in life it to be true to ourselves, to never give up attempting to become the very finest version of what we wish to be, no matter how arduous that proves to be."
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"We must reject the artificial and embrace what is real and true: truth in food, community, relationships and self."
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"Your lifestyle should contrast your obedience."
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"When you can give up approval and appreciation seeking behaviors, then you will become true to yourself and the universe."
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"What if pretending is interfering with the person you're meant to be? he said."
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